Bishop François-Xavier Riehl, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal

Titular Bishop of Colophon

Prefect of Sénégal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Jan 1835		Born
1854¹	18.9	Professed	Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
10 Jun 1859	24.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
23 Nov 1883	48.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal
23 Nov 1883	48.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Colophon
23 Nov 1883	48.8	Appointed	Prefect of Sénégal
16 Dec 1883	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Colophon
23 Jul 1886	51.5	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia, Senegal

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary
François-Xavier Riehl
Bishop François-Xavier Riehl C.S.Sp.
(born 5 Jan 1835, died 23 Jul 1886)
Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia

Event Place
Birth Place Kuttolsheim, France
Ordained Bishop 30, rue Lhomond, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France

a priest for 27.1 years
a bishop for 2.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Armand-Joseph Fava †
Bishop of Grenoble
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Pierre-Hector Coullié (Couillié) †
Bishop of Orléans
Bishop François-Marie Duboin, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Raphanea

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Armand-Joseph Fava † (1871)
Bishop of Grenoble
Archbishop Florian-Jules-Félix Desprez † (1851)
Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne)
Archbishop René-François Régnier † (1842)
Archbishop of Cambrai
Archbishop Denis-Auguste Affre † (1840)
Archbishop of Paris
Hugues-Robert-Jean-Charles Cardinal de la Tour d’Auvergne-Lauraquais † (1802)
Bishop of Arras
Archbishop Jean-Armand de Bessuéjouls Roquelaure † (1754)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Christophe de Beaumont du Repaire † (1741)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Louis-Jacques Chapt de Rastignac † (1722)
Archbishop of Tours
Bishop Jean-François Salgues de Valderies de Lescure † (1699)
Bishop of Luçon
Archbishop Louis-Antoine de Noailles † (1679)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop François de Harlay de Champvallon † (1651)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Nicolò Guidi di Bagno † (1644)
Titular Archbishop of Athenae
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Bishop Laudivio Zacchia † (1605)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Clement VIII (1592)
(Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

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WikiData: Q3083732

Source(s):

b/c2+: LC
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 216
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1883, Number 64

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